Iran in the World Press 21 Apr 2010

Article relevance   Page 1   PM urges world to stop refined petroleum exports to Iran IRAN Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on the United States and the international community Monday to halt Iran’s nuclear program by refusing to export refined petroleum to that country. If the United Nation’s Security Council fails to impose this... uranium enrichment facility to further develop its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad has approved the location for the new facility, his top adviser Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi said, without specifying where the site was. The new enrichment plant would be...• By TOVAH LAZAROFF Jerusalem Post  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Israel  Article relevance   Page 1   Iran boosts Qods shock troops in Venezuela IRAN Iran is increasing its paramilitary Qods force operatives in Venezuela while covertly continuing supplies of weapons and explosives to Taliban and other insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Pentagon’s first report to Congress on... Western Hemisphere. It also highlights links between Iran and the anti-U.S. government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has been accused of backing Marxist terrorists in Colombia. The report gives no details on the activities of the Iranians...BY BILL GERTZ The Washington Times Daily  |  21 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 14   An Iranian balancing act The Nelson Film Society is to screen the first of three films from Iran at the Suter tomorrow. The Colour of Paradise, or more accurately translated as ‘‘The Colour of God’’, is written and directed by veteran film-maker Majid Majidi and is a...By Elly Cave The Nelson Mail  |  21 Apr 2010  |  New Zealand Article relevance   Page 1   ‘Iranian rule of islands like Israeli occupation’ ABU DHABI: The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday likened Iran’s control of three disputed Gulf islands to Israel’s occupation of Arab territories. “The occupation of any Arab land is an occupation,” Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed... Arab News  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Saudi Arabia Article relevance   Page 14   Hezbollah’s fighters rearm thanks to Tehran: Pentagon IRAN has helped the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah rearm itself to levels beyond those in 2006, when the group waged a 33-day war with Israel, according to a Pentagon report. The unclassified report, the first to outline Iran’s military power under...By VIOLA GIENGER WASHINGTON The Age  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Australia  Article relevance   Page 19   Ahmadinejad backed into a new corner Beside the simmering green revolution, two more imminent battles are looming ahead: economic and military, wrote Abdul Rahman al Rashed, describing the challenges facing Iran in an opinion piece for the London-based Asharq Al Awsat newspaper. The... The National - News  |  21 Apr 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 17   Washington wary of Iranian missiles WASHINGTON — Iran may be able to build a missile capable of striking the U.S. by 2015, according to an unclassified Defence Department report on Iran’s military. “With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an... The Sudbury Star  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 12   Washington wary of Iranian missiles WASHINGTON — Iran may be able to build a missile capable of striking the U.S. by 2015, according to an unclassified Defence Department report on Iran’s military. “With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an... Kingston Whig-Standard  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Canada

Article relevance   Page 7   Washington wary of Iranian missiles WASHINGTON— Iranmay be able to build a missile capable of striking the U.S. by 2015, according to an unclassified Defence Department report on Iran’s military. “With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an... The Daily Observer  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 7   Washington wary of Iranian missiles WASHINGTON — Iran may be able to build a missile capable of striking the U.S. by 2015, according to an unclassified Defence Department report on Iran’s military. “With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an... The Daily Press (Timmins)  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 6   ‘Iranian missiles may reach US by 2015’ Iran may develop missiles capable of reaching the US by 2015, according to a report delivered to Congress Monday night. “ With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM) capable of...• Jerusalem Post staff Jerusalem Post  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 5   Leading Europeans call to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terror group BERLIN – A broad swath of prominent European intellectuals and politicians, crisscrossing Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, are slated to announce on Wednesday that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps...• By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL Jerusalem Post correspondent Jerusalem Post  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Israel Article relevance   Page 13   Iran may be able to strike US by 2015, report says Iran may be able to build a missile capable of striking the United States by 2015, according to an unclassified US Defence Department report on Iran’s military sent to Congress. “ With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and...IRAN Reuters in Washington Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse South China Morning Post  |  21 Apr 2010  |  China Article relevance   Page 11   Iran car blast kills two TEHRAN – An explosion in a car killed two people and wounded eight in the western Iranian city of Ilam on Tuesday, state-owned Al-Alam television and the Fars news agency reported. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. The Fars news quoted... The Phnom Penh Post  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Cambodia Article relevance   Page 11   Turkey offers mediation in Iran’s nuke standoff IRAN: Turkey is prepared to mediate with the West to defuse the nuclear standoff with Iran to avoid economically damaging new sanctions, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday in Tehran. “Turkey, as a third country, is ready to play an... The Jakarta Post  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Indonesia Article relevance   Page 1   Abdullah: Iran in ‘shameful occupation’ of islands ‘The Emirati rights will be retained’’ ABU DHABI // Iranian control of three islands in the Gulf is a “ shameful occupation” rather than a “misunderstanding”, the Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, said yesterday. Iran occupied Abu Musa − near the mouth of the strategic Strait of... Last month, Nasser Sudani, the deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament, declined an invitation by Abdul Aziz al Ghurair, the FNC Speaker, to form a joint parliamentary committee to discuss the islands. “We don’t see any dispute,” Mr Sudani told the...Mahmoud Habboush mhabboush@thenational.ae The National - News  |  21 Apr 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 14   Turkey prepared to mediate between Iran and the West Turkey is prepared to mediate with the West to defuse the nuclear standoff with Iran in a bid to avoid economically damaging new sanctions, its foreign minister said yesterday. On an official visit to Tehran, the foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said...Hashem Kalantari TEHRAN // The National - News  |  21 Apr 2010  |  UAE Article relevance   Page 16   «L’Iran potrà colpire gli Usa con i suoi missili entro il 2015» si corregge e alza il livello dell’allarme relativo alla minaccia missilistica iraniana verso gli Stati Uniti. Teheran, afferma un rapporto pubblicato sui giornali americani, potrebbe riuscire a costruire entro il 2015 un missile a lungo raggio in...Washington Il Pentagono Il Giornale  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Italy

Article relevance   Page 21   L’America ha la scusa per attaccare l’Iran Non bastano aerei e carri armati, tantomeno è sufficiente un motivo. Se un governo democratico vuol fare la guerra ha bisogno di una scusa tangibile, una prova inconfutabile della suaurgenza e necessità morale. In democrazia l’opinione pubblica si...CARLO NICOLATO Libero  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Italy Article relevance   Page 19   İran rahatsız edici, planladığı koalisyon mezhep savaşı çıkarır Tarık el Haşimi son günlerde gündemdeki yerini koruyan İran nükleer krizi ile ilgili olarak, İran’a düzenlenecek bir operasyon sırasında Irak’ın üs olarak kullanılmasına Irak halkının ve yönetiminin nasıl bakacağına ilişkin soruya karşılık İran’ın... Zaman  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Turkey Article relevance   Page 1   IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT AL-HASHEMI LASHES OUT AT IRAN FOR ‘MEDDLING’ Iraqi vice president lashes out at Iran for ‘meddling’ Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi denounced neighboring Iran for meddling in the country's troubled government formation process, warning that Tehran's efforts to form a Shiite-dominated coalition could bring back the dark days of sectarian... contınued from page But they don’t have that sense of responsibility.” Al-Hashemi is Iraq’s most senior Sunni official, and his Renewal List is a part of Shiite leader Ayad Allawi’s cross sectarian al-Iraqiya bloc, which won 91 seats in the 325-member...FATMA DEMİRELLİ, İSTANBUL Today's Zaman  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Turkey Article relevance   Page 14   Bans, jail for Iran opposition IRANIAN authorities have suspended two prominent opposition political parties, banned a newspaper and sent three political reformers to prison, as the country’s hardline rulers show they aim to crush official political representation by the reformist...By ROBERT WORTH BEIRUT The Age  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Australia Article relevance   Page 5   Deutschland weltweit am beliebtesten LONDON Na bitte: Deutschland ist Weltmeister! In einer weltweiten Sympathie-Umfrage landete die Bundesrepublik auf Platz 1. Es war schon der dritte Sieg in Folge! Befragt wurden im Auftrag der BBC 30 000 Menschen in 28 Ländern. 59 Prozent fanden, dass... Hamburger Morgenpost  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Germany

Article relevance   Page 17   Hva gjør Obama hvis Iran ikke gir seg? Kina, men etter å ha inngått en ny atomnedrustningsavtale med russerne og ha forbedret forholdet til kineserne, er det mulig at han vil få dem med på nye sanksjoner. Hvor skarpe og effektive de eventuelt blir, er en annen sak. Det er ikke mye som har...Harald Maaland tekst Stavanger Aftenblad  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Norway  Article relevance   Page 7   Iran: Nuclear fuel swap a chance to boost trust TEHRAN, Iran — As the United States builds its case for stiffer sanctions against Iran, Tehran’s foreign minister appeared to voice new enthusiasm Tuesday for a U.N.-backed nuclear fuel deal, calling it a chance to boost trust with the West. The U.S....By Nasser Karimi Austin American-Statesman  |  21 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 11   Israel debates unilateral Iran attack JERUSALEM—The Israeli security establishment is divided over whether it needs Washington’s blessing if Israel decides to attack Iran, Israeli officials say, as the U.S. campaign for sanctions drags on and Tehran steadily develops greater nuclear...BY CHARLES LEVINSON The Wall Street Journal Europe  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Belgium Article relevance   Page 32   Iran traži 300.000 dolara od Britanskoga muzeja TEHERAN Iran traži 300.000 dolara od londonskog Britanskoga mu zeja nezadovoljan što je ta ustanova nekoliko puta odgadala posud bu perzijske dragocjenosti Kirova valjka, koji je trebao biti izložen u Iranu, rekao je ovih dana iranski dužnosnik za... Vjesnik  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Croatia Article relevance   Page 6   IRAN AND SANCTIONS Sometime this spring, but still months later than President Obama predicted, Iran may finally face new United Nations sanctions for its illicit nuclear program. Mr. Obama has done a lot to prepare the ground. He has bolstered American credibility with... International Herald Tribune  |  21 Apr 2010  |  Austria

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